Speaking to VideoGamer, Sky's director of On Demand Griff Parry said of PS3 Sky Player: It may very well happen in the future.”

If the deal does come to fruition, it would drastically increase PS3's multimedia credentials – Sony's console already sports one of the best versions of the iPlayer on the market and is of course the only machine capable of playing hi-def Blu-ray movies.

Alongside the console Sky and iPlayer services, Netflix is also expected to in the near future announce a deal with Nintendo, meaning that movie rental service will be available on all three current-gen home console in North America.